A banned driver abandoned a BMW he had crashed in the middle of an M62 slip road after taking the wheel for his drunk girlfriend.
Stuart Gareth Taylor, 38, had been driven to a Liverpool gay pride event by his girlfriend on July 30 – but decided to drive home because she was drunk.
Taylor, of Penfolds in Halton Brook, Runcorn , pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified and driving without a licence at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court today.
The court heard Taylor was locked up for 12 weeks after being caught drink driving on August 4, but DNA evidence only linked him to the earlier offence... read more

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